Chapter 540 is actually a three-way house
Andra Adams, since he bears the surname of the founding father of the country a hundred years ago, it is not surprising that a hundred years later will become the legal representative of the top arms dealers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAt the age of 72, born during World War I, Lim is old and still ambitious after experiencing the largest war in human history, and then facing the history of Korea and Vietnam one after another.
The meeting was not low, Alice went directly to the main entrance of the first floor of the building to greet her, and due to the nature of the private meeting, she was accompanied only by Monica, who was the secretary. The old man did not bring much entourage, only a young man Tom, who was also the secretary, and after a brief greeting in front of the car door, the four of them took the high-speed elevator to the top floor together.
"This building is a marvel. Watching the numbers climb rapidly, Adams held a silver-plated mahogany cane and approvingly: "Mitsubishi's products, the speed is commendable." Miss Wang, I heard that you created the blueprint of this building, and your design department is only responsible for detailing?"
Alice said calmly: "Compared to designing electronic programs for the new generation of fighters, it is not difficult to learn architectural design, not to mention that I am just drawing an outline." ”
A girl who can be amazed every minute, Andra Adams takes a deep look at her. Tom's eyes also kept sweeping between the two women, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old Asian girl, a brown-skinned girl with an elegant temperament model, and only saw two beauties in a row, how much is this probability?
A quick chat, and then everyone walked all the way. Ambrera Investments' office area is spacious, with rows of office seats neatly arranged and not crowded, but the employees are obviously very busy, and a group of four people crosses the central passage, and no one looks up to salute.
"This is the hub, and Miss Wang is a person who can design the blueprint of a skyscraper, and she also has a lot of experience in the layout of the corporate structure. Adams was unstinting with his compliments: "I've done a very detailed survey of your industry, and these employees need to deal with it, but the information from the whole country and the world must be very talented, right?"
At the time of these words, the four had not yet entered the director's office, and the empty space in front of the door was some distance away from the employees. Adams looked up. This is a "company" that occupies the entire floor of the office building, and the rows of desks on both sides of the table are not sparsely spaced, coupled with the bright scenery and sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and with just the right amount of green potted plants, the part-time job is enjoyable.
"You're right, the average person is not qualified to work at this level. ”
Alice is naturally happy to do more delays here and show her partners her strength, who wouldn't want to.
"George!"
A man in a Gucci shirt stood up at the sound and walked quickly towards the four: "Alice." ”
Mr. Adams, George is one of the principals here, a former senior investment manager on Wall Street, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and seven years at KPMG and Goldman Sachs. George, tell Mr. Adams a little bit about our day-to-day life. ”
"Okay, Alice. ”
Three or two sentences of title have already made Adams aware of the relationship between the employees of this hub. Ambrera Capital Investments is not publicly listed, but Adams has its own channels and legally leads all of Alices' investments in a controlling position. Even if it is a hub, then as the fifty or so employees in front of me, they must all be multimillionaires with high options and bonuses.
"The underlying network hardware throughout the Alice Building is up-to-date with Cisco's latest products, including the most efficient encrypted fiber lines. Ambrera's online loan here is exclusive to each computer, and it is completely free from the latency caused by other people's use of the network. ”
"We deal with a very large number of emails every day. They are sent by companies around the world to their branches or offices in Alice Tower, and after the first round of centralized processing, they are sent to us in the form of aggregate mail. ”
"Whenever we receive a new email, our first task is to rate the urgency, the most important matters will be reported to the chairman as soon as possible, and the subsequent matters will be sorted out by Miss Monica and submitted to the chairman in a unified document. Of course, our chairman himself sends and receives a lot of emails every day, but of course that is not within our purview. ”
With a soft-spoken commentary, a chuckle at the end, and instant answers after a second question, George showed his language organization skills to the fullest.
Adams thanked George and looked around. From the beginning to the end, no one in the office looked up at them, everyone was concentrating on operating the computer or sorting through a large number of documents, and sometimes someone got up to prepare for printing paper. If you move your ears carefully, the sound of printers working around you has never stopped, and although it is not certain that each one is working endlessly, it is enough to keep these employees busy.
"This kind of enterprise organization structure is not ordinary. As soon as he stepped into the office, Adams said, "Miss Wang is of Chinese descent, so she knows a lot about the structure of government in ancient China."
Alice's eyes lit up: "It seems that Mr. Adams also understands?"
"Haha, who can forget the role that China played in the fight against Japanese fascism who experienced World War II?"
Adams sat on the sofa in the reception area: "In fact, the management system of enterprises basically follows the principle of autocracy, and even the board of directors has the same Socratic trial. Therefore, your layer-by-layer management method is indeed very conducive to the centralized processing of information, but ...... It's also easy for employees to leak secrets, right?"
Facing the inquiring gaze thrown by the old man, Alice's smile remained indifferent: "I have my own unique secrets. Okay, Mr. Adams, you see Monica has handed over the tea, why don't you get down to business?"
Today's meeting was actually brought forward, and Andra Adams didn't expect Alice to reply so quickly, but it didn't delay any work. A document prepared in advance was handed to Alice's audience, followed by an oral explanation, after all, even if anyone could have expected the content of the collaboration, the reason and the underlying purpose needed to be clarified.
Northrop-Grumman's overall strength is extremely strong, and as one of its businesses, its military aircraft production capacity is not comparable to Lockheed, but it can also be compared with Boeing, which at least means that it is more powerful than Boeing. What's more, its real strength lies in the production of warships, and it is the most qualified manufacturer of warships and submarines in the United States. Alice knows how much the U.S. global strategy depends on the Navy, and she understands what it means to have the world's only Nimitz aircraft carrier shipyard.
"Lockheed made an offer to take a stake in the YF-22 for three or four years, and although you have been a shareholder for three or four years, you have never really been able to get involved in the military industry, and that's why. ”
However, as an old ginger, Adams played with a mouth to sow discord: "Miss Wang, am I right?"
The sudden words made Alice almost speechless. The old guy met for the first time, but he firmly grasped her psychology, which is really not simple.
Lockheed, a well-known military aircraft research and development and satellite and missile production company, ordinary people can't pay attention to it at all, and the people who hit it have obvious intentions. Of course, Alice hopes to use the technology developed by YF-22 to gain a stake in this company, but how can a century-old arms dealer be easily infiltrated, and if the board of directors has the intention to reject it slightly, can she still tear her face?
"You're a ...... of discernment"
After a pause, Alice rubbed her choked throat and said, "It's just a fraction of the shares, even if the board of directors is convened, a vote is not interesting." ”
Adams nodded and smiled: "It's not interesting, Lockheed occupies all the satellite orders of the US Department of Defense, which is not the same as the nature of casually building guns." Also, Miss Wang, do you remember their slogan?"
“…… Who do we never forget to work for?"
Although Lockheed was originally founded in Los Angeles and Skunk Works even had ties to Dinis, it is now fully part of the East Coast consortium. The original thirteen colonies, Miss Wang, and Lockheed, which is the most respected by the Department of Defense, and is no more than 20 miles away from the White House, can it really give you much room for development?"
The old man slowly and blatantly sow discord and tell irrefutable truths. The purpose was so obvious that Alice couldn't even hide her smile and put it on her face.
In fact, the current situation is to compete for talents, which is similar to the nature of Deng Jiaxian's return to China. Lockheed just wants Alice to help them design the YF-22, and there will be dividends, but as for going deep into this enterprise, it is unthinkable. So now, Northrop Grumman is coming to dig into the corners of his peers, everyone is Californian, and the townspeople are looking for their fellows!
"So Mr. Adams means ......"
Alice pretended to be confused, and Adams also very cooperatively shook off the burden appropriately: "The California consortium needs your joining, or rather, we can try to form a super consortium that covers the entire West Coast." Los Angeles has been an important military production base in the country for many years, and if Northrop Grumman joins us, I believe that the formation of this consortium will definitely take shape sooner, right?"
Sure enough!
Alice laughed, finally, finally, how long has her skyscraper been standing in downtown Los Angeles. It's a shame that next door is the Bank of America Building, an important part of the California consortium, so do you want to pull yourself into the gang?
In ancient times, Liu Bei looked at the thatched house, but when he was a businessman, it seems that there is no need to be so hypocritical, right?